53' 2003 Oyster Yachts

DREAM AGAIN II is a great example of the Oyster 53. She shows very well and has benefitted from a constant professional maintenance program. The safe, sea-going cockpit and easy-to-handle sail plan allow for extensive short-handed cruising. With incredibly spacious and comfortable accommodations there is plenty of room for family and friends in the VIP fwd cabin and starboard bunk cabin.

A handy workshop with a sea berth behind the nav station to port is ideal for passage making. She has low hours for her age and it shows in her condition.

• Properly equipped for offshore cruising
• Standing rigging replaced   
• New roller furling headsail
• Roller Furling mast
• Upgraded B&G plotter
• Recent replacement of safety equipment
• New West Marine 10’ RIB
• Great bones

• Evolution roller furling headsail
• West Marine 10’ RIB with 6 HP Yamaha outboard
• Updated AV systems
• Dan Buoy safety system
• AIS added
• New Raytheon Auto Pilot System
• New B&G plotter at the helm 

• GRP hull is laid up single skin with structural stringers and floors to Lloyds approved design specification.
• Hull color white with cove line and double boot top lines in standard Oyster blue.
• The stern design incorporates a bathing platform trimmed with teak slats and stainless steel steps for access to the stern deck.
• Deck structure molded in GRP with balsa core.
• Teak laid decks.
• Oyster deck saloon profile with 'eyebrow' styling.
• Bulwark finished with a teak capping rail with stainless steel open fairleads.

Keel & Rudder:

• High-performance bulb keel.
• Fully protected skeg-hung rudder.

Engine & Gearboxes:

• Yanmar 4JH3-HTBE, 4-cylinder diesel engine (100hp).
• Engine Hours: 4,387 (Sept 2024)
• Yanmar KM4A gearbox.
• Racor model 500 FG fuel filter and water separator.
• Standard service kit.
   

Propulsion & Steering:
 

• Whitlock cable system with a remote pedestal incorporating a 1065mm (42") stainless steel wheel.
• Wheel covered in brown suede leather.
• Rocker-type pedestal switches.
• Max-Prop 3-bladed 60cm (24") feathering propeller.
• Ambassador AM15 rope cutter on prop shaft.
• Sleipner 10hp tunnel bow thruster.

Voltage Systems:

• Ship's supply.
• 24V DC.
• Mains US 4 wire AC spec.
• Additional Clipsal 220v double socket at chart table.

Battery Banks:

• Bank of 8 x Sonenshein GF6 180V batteries.
• Pair of 12V 815A 50Ah Optima Redtop start batteries.
• 1 x 12V 815A S0Ah Optima Redtop for generator.

Battery Chargers:

• Mastervolt 150 Amp 24V alternator coupled with Mastervolt Alpha Pro regulator.
• Mastervolt 220V MASS 24/75 Charger including temp sensor.
• Mastervolt MICC unit controller.

Alternators:

• Yanmar alternator: SSA 12V for engine start battery.
• Mastervolt alternator :150A 24V for domestic battery bank with Mastervolt Alpha regulator.

Generator:

• Westerbeke STD 7.5 (7.5kW/220V/50Hz).
• Generator/Engine starting batteries "emergency" link.
• Fiddle on top of the genset box.
• Gen hours: 1,335 (Sept 2024).

Shore Power:

• 30A dockside power cable in 3-core double-insulated PVC, 18m in length.
• Hubbell socket in transom.
• Dockside end of cable fitted with 3-pin, 16 amp plug.

Other Electrical:

• 220V MASS Sine Inverter 24/2500.

Fresh Water & Water Heating System:

• Hot water from insulated 76 liter (16.7 imp / 20 US gallon) tanks heated by the engine's heat exchanger, or by thermostatically-controlled 220V, 2kW immersion heater elements powered from dockside power.
• Par CW 320 Twin Max Pump with pressure accumulator.

Watermaker:

• Seafresh 204A/220v AC watermaker (63 L/hr)
• Standard spares kit

Bilge Pumps:

• Jabsco Maxi 3000 Puppy with Par hydro air switch.
• Henderson MkV double action bilge pump operated from the cockpit.
• Whale Gulper Pumps (fore and aft} to evacuate the Greywater system.